My very wise brother-in-law Matthew once told me there are layers of humor. The highest form manifests itself in wit which requires a wide range of knowledge on different subjects, the talent for subtlety and an almost esoteric mindset. This is the humor of the educated, the elite, the Mensa-type people. It's caviar-type humor.
The next layer comes with the ability for stories, one-liners, and the more obvious commentary on ironic situations. The humor of the people if you will. Most people like, tell and subscribe to this type of humor. Kind of like Applebees or Olive Garden.
The lowest layer consists of slap-stick comedy, corny knock-knock jokes, blonde jokes, "There's a Jewish rabbi, Catholic priest and Mormon bishop on a..." jokes, etc. This is the Burger King of humor. It doesn't take much intelligence or insight. Anyone can get it although it may garner rolled eyes rather than belly laughs. Why don't blind people go skydiving? Because it scares the dog. Get it? Get it? I think you know what I mean.
While Matthew is of course very witty, I have to confess that I'm among the Neanderthals which falls in that last group. After a looooong week, I love nothing more than to heat up a cheesy pizza, turn on the TV/DVR and watch the latest episode of Wipeout. No matter how frustrating, tiring or irritating the events of my day have been I find myself laughing so hard I can barely talk. Oh how I love those big, red, rubbery balls! I cannot get enough of watching people gingerly jump on to them only to bounce off into the water. The best ones involve "The Motivator" which pushes them from behind. Not that I'm entirely sadistic, I've cheered the 3 times I've seen someone manage to bounce on top of them and make it to the platform on the other side.
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Last summer, when I was pregnant with Samuel, there was an especially funny wipeout on the show involving a larger woman. I laughed so hard I almost wet myself and was crying from all the laughter. Sad but true. We have no cable this summer, so no wipeout for me.
Reagan is working tonight - I made her watch it. I think the worst part is when he gets stuck between the vaults at the end. Ooooooh. ANd it's out there for the whole world to see.....
hahahahah... Ya have to love Wipeout! I have laughed myself silly many times all the while thinking... not in a million years! Such a great show but the narrator is so great! Poor Walter or can we now call him... Wanda?
So I have no idea where my comment is... but you can see Wipeout on Hulu.com
I actually haven't found Walter yet but that one deserves to be watched a few more times!
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